Combined belt-loop and garment-supporter.



PATENTED DEC. 6, 1904.

C. 0. BARNES. COMBINED BELT LOOP AND GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1903.

NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented December 6, 1904.

CHARLES O. BARNES,- OF OSWEGO, NEWV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO KARL KELLOGG, OF OSWEGO, NEW YORK, AND MARCIA 1'. BARNES, OF

FRUIT VALLEY, NEV YORK.

'COIVIBINED BELT-LOOP AND GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,486, dated December 6, 1904.

Application filed March 9, 1903. Serial No. 146,800. No model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES O. BARNES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oswego, in the county of Oswego and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Belt-Loop and Gar ment-Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined garment-supporter and belt supporter or loop in which a clamp for engaging the garment is secured to a belt-loop slidable on the belt to any desired position.

One of the objects of the invention is to pro vide an exceedingly simple and desirable combined belt-loop and garment-clamp.

Another object is to provide a combined belt-loop and garment-clamp detachably connected, so that when it is not desired to use the belt the garment supporter or clamp can be readily detached from the belt-loop, leaving the latter on the belt and permitting the independent use of the garment supporter or clamp.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a combined garment-supporter and belt-loop embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the belt-loop detached. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the clamp-body without the lever. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section through the loop and clamp on the line 6 6, Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the clamp-body, showing by dotted lines the disengaging position of the belt-loop. Figs. 8 and 9 are sectional views through the clamp-body, respectively showing the loop in its normal position and in the position to which it is moved to disengage it from the clamp.

A represents a belt slide or loop, which is preferably constructed of a single piece of wire having its opposite end portions B B bent around toward each other parallel with the main portion of the Wire. Preferably the upper portion B is shorter than the lower portion B, so as to bring the joint of the ends nearer to the upper end of the loop, and the adjacent ends of the wire are bent to form oppositelyiirojecting vertically-arranged hooks 6 and Z).

The garment supporter or clamp is shown at O and is connected to the rear side of the belt-loop. The body of the garment supporter or clamp has a front upright member or plate D and a rear plate or portion E par allel therewith and spaced therefroi'n, the front and rear plates being connected at their upper ends by a portion a. The body is preferably constructed ofa single piece of sheet metal bent into inverted-U form. The front and back plates of the body constitute opposable jaws of the clamp and are adapted to engage with the upper portion of the garment, which is inserted between the bodyplates, and to prevent the slipping or disengagement of the latter from the clamp. The lower end of the front plate D is provided with an inturned lug or projection F, disposed centrally between the opposite edges of the front plate D.

Gr represents the clam ping-lever adapted to cooperate with the front plate D or front jaw of the clamp. This lever is pivoted at its lower end to the lower end of the rear plate or portion E of the clamp-body and has forwardly-projecting opposite arms g, which straddle the rear plate E of the body of the clamp and project toward the front plate or jaw D at each side of the inwardly-projecting lug F. The lever G is also preferably formed of sheet metal, the arms g thereof being bent forwardly at right angles to the body of the lever. The lever is preferably pivoted to the clamp-body by means of pivot-lugs g, which project from the opposite edges of the lower portion of the rear plate E of the clampbody and engage in pivot-holes 1, formed in the lower arms near the juncture of the same with the lever. Inasmuch as the pivot-holes g are near the joint of the arms with the lever-body, it is impossible to spread the arms sufficiently to engage the 'iivot-lugs g in the pivot-holes unless provision is made therefor. To enable the arms to be spread apart, the lower portion of the lever-body between the arms is slitted at h, and the lower side portions of the lever-body, with the arms, are then spread apart by spreading or opening the slit. After the pivot-lugs have been engaged in the pivot-openings the arms of the lever are forced toward each other, more or less closing the slit it.

The means shown in the drawings for detachably connecting the garment supporter or clamp to the rear side of 'the belt-loop is as follows: The front plate orjawD of the clampbody is provided with an upright slot J, and near the upper end of the slot J on one side is a lateral enlargement or notch j, while near the lower end of the slot J on the opposite side is a second lateral enlargement or notch The adjacent hooked ends of the beltloop are adapted to project through the slot J to connect the loop and clamp. The length of the upright slotJ is less than the combined length of the two hooked ends 5 b, so that the same cannot be inserted in or removed from the slot J when the loop is in an upright position. When it is desired to attach or detach the loop to or from the clamp, the loop is turned to a substantially horizontal position, as indicated in Figs. 7 and 9, in which position the hooked ends 6 b of the loop are opposite the lateral slot enlargements or notches if. The combined length of the two slot enlargements is sufiicient to permit the insertion of the hooked ends 6 Z) thereinto when the loop is in the horizontal position indicated in said figures. When the hooked ends are inserted in the slot enlargements j the loop is given a quarter-turn to bring it to the upright position. In doing this the hooked ends 5 Z) of the loop spring past the shoulders formed at the juncture of the slot enlargements with the upright slot and seat in the upper and lower ends of the upright slot. When the loop is on the belt and the clamp secured to the garment or garments, the loop cannot be turned, and it is impossible to accidentally detach the garment clamp or supporter from the loop. When, however, it is desired to use the clamp without a belt, it is detached from the garments and given a quarter-turn with relation to the loop and disengaged from the latter.

In the use of the device the lever G is turned downwardly, throwing the clamping-arms 1 thereof rearwardly. The upper portion of the garment or garments to be supported is 01' are then slipped upwardly between the front and rear plates of the clamp-body and the lever turned to its upper position, (indicated in the drawings,) which throws the arms of the lever toward the front plate or jaw D, one at each side of the inwardly-turned projection F, and securely grips or clamps the garment or garments.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of a belt-loop having projecting hooks on its inner side, and a detachable garment clamp or supporter having a slot in which said hooks detachably engage, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a belt-loop having projecting portions on its inner side and a detachable garment-clamp provided with a slot in which said projecting portions detachably engage, said clamp comprising a substantially inverted-U-shaped member which straddles the upper edge of the garment, one portion of said member having means which cooperate with the other portion thereof to grip the garment, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a belt-loop having projecting portions on its inner side, and a garment clamp comprising opposable jaws which straddle the edge of the garment and grip the same between them, one of saidjaws being provided with a slot in which said projecting portions of said loop detachably engage, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of a belt-loop formed of a piece of wire having the end portions thereof bent toward each other and provided with adjacent hooks, of a garment-clamp provided with an upright slot, and laterally-disposed slot enlargements, the hooks on said loop engaging in said upright slot and adapted to be disengaged from the clamp through said lateral slot enlargements, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of a belt-loop and a detachable garment clamp or supporter having interlocking portions, said clamp being rendereddetachable from said loop by turning the same from its normal to a horizontal position, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of a belt-loop and a detachable garment-clamp comprising opposable jaws which straddle and grip the edge of the garment, said loop and one of said jaws having interlocking portions which are rendered detachable by turning either said loop or said clamp from its normal to a horizontal position, substantially as set forth.

itness my hand this 4th day of March,

CHARLES O. BARNES. \Vitnesses:

OMELIA WRIGHT, F. J. SPRAGUE.

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